Reposted by Joseph MacKayNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New discovery: A royal archive with 184 tablets unearthed at the Hittite settlement of Samuha, in present-day Sivas/Türkiye, sheds new light on the Hittite Empire, revealing records of a deadly epidemic, military threats and royal life dating back 3,400 years. www.dailysabah.com/life/hittite... 4367100
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In honor of, my favorite of Le Corbusier’s sketches for his Plan Voisin for Paris. 010
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 01/10/2026very glad to see this, with @claroche.bsky.social, out at @gsqjournal.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...academic.oup.comVarieties of International Reaction: Mapping the Right in Current World OrderAbstract. How can today’s illiberal and far right movements be located in the larger historical variety of right and far-right politics? How should we expe 031
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This will be a GREAT time. Please consider submitting! 010
Reposted by Joseph MacKayV-Dem Institute @vdeminstitute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026📢 Job opportunity! University of Gothenburg is recruiting 25 early-career researchers through the 𝗚𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. The Department of Political Science, home of V-Dem, is 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭-𝟮 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀. 📅 Apply by October 30, 2026 at direc.to/pmUP #PoliticalScienceJobs 11519
Reposted by Joseph MacKayJason Scott @textfiles.com · 05/09/2026You know, honestly, more than monetary donations, if somebody worked at a company that had access to a lot of 18 terabyte and larger hard drives and could talk to us, that's where we are really suffering. The internet archive has no special priority in buying hard drives and those things are insane. 7814383
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 31/08/202610 or 15 years late, but this is the logical end state of the gritty reboot. 010
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 31/08/2026On my reading at least, he got pretty bleak on this stuff in his last decade or so. academic.oup.com/isq/article/...academic.oup.com“Making Democracy Safe for the World”: Kenneth Waltz on Realism, Democracy, and WarAbstract. This paper reevaluates the history of how some anti-war realists have assessed the relationship between democracy and armed conflict. To do so, I 020
Reposted by Joseph MacKayJasmine K Gani @jasminekgani.bsky.social · 27/08/2026JOB vacancies in International Relations at LSE: Two Assistant Professorships, focusing on Geoeconomics and Global Environmental Politics. Just over a week until the deadline, 7 Sept 👇 0914
Reposted by Joseph MacKayAlex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE. 4130120
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The suspended moment between “account created” and “invitation to review.” 000
Reposted by Joseph MacKayMartin Bayly @mjbayly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026My new article with CRIA is about the role of narrative in Historical IR and the study of world orders. With some notable exceptions, IR scholars have shown a surprising lack of interest in the way that history is pre-arranged into narrative structures ... 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comWhat’s historical about historical IR? narrativity, the philosophy of history and world order studiesHistorical International Relations (HIR) represents a growing subfield within the wider discipline, offering a ‘history-first’ approach, lessening the grip of more theory and/or methods-driven scho... 1165
Reposted by Joseph MacKayLSE Political Theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026We are thrilled to announce that we are hiring for an open-rank (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor) position in political theory. Please do reach out if you have questions. jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...jobs.lse.ac.ukAssistant/Associate/Professor in Political TheoryAssistant/Associate/Professor in Political Theory, , <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</p> <p style="margin:... 02622
Reposted by Joseph MacKayCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 16/08/2026New editorial team for @risjnl.bsky.social: Call for expressions of interest - cup.org/44hjvux The closing date: 27 September 2026. 044
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It’s a secondary concern, but to think this man wrote a book on writing. 040
Reposted by Joseph MacKayOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Philosophers often bring up the "principle of charity": a willingness to assume good faith in an interlocutor and treat them accordingly. It's good to do in many circumstances. But it is worth formulating a principle of not being a fucking mark. If not during the rise of fascism, then when? 12/ 253673796
Reposted by Joseph MacKayModern British History Journal @mbhjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This year's Duncan Tanner Prize is now open! If you're a PGR/ECR working on an article on modern British history do consider entering! Deadline Sept 1st. #skystorians 🗃️ academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/e...academic.oup.comThe Duncan Tanner PrizeThe Duncan Tanner Prize recognizes outstanding scholarship amongst postgraduate research students in Britain and abroad. Entrants submit an article manuscript. 01632
Reposted by Joseph MacKayNaomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias. 9955301131
Reposted by Joseph MacKayInternational Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Realism, ideology, and exile - cup.org/3OnrUbp "This article reconceptualizes the realist relationship with ideology in terms of a recurring experience of ideological exile" - @lefteleven.bsky.social 063
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A friend points out this resembles a ruined star destroyer. We live in referencially complex but not at all subtle times. 030
Reposted by Joseph MacKayEUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 22/07/2026📢 Job vacancy - Chair in Intellectual History We welcome applications from scholars working across a broad range of fields, including: 💠 History of political theory, political economy 💠 Knowledge systems and IT 💠 Postcolonial and intersectional thought 💠 Humanist, post-human, and planetary history 13549
Reposted by Joseph MacKayphoenix @phoenix-rights.bsky.social · 16/07/2026really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours 3161012358
Reposted by Joseph MacKayJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Their arguments are, essentially, "Why would you want to read and write for yourself when you could instead have access to all of the world's knowledge?" Cooked. 2221
Reposted by Joseph MacKayCoral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at ANU @anubellschool.bsky.social · 07/07/2026World Order after Iran: a one-day conference on how the war has reshaped Australian, regional & global politics. Ft. ANU experts, academics & practitioners. Free, in-person-only with limited seats. Thu 23 July, 9am-7.30pm @ ANU. Register here: events.humanitix.com/world-order-...events.humanitix.comWorld Order After IranGet tickets on Humanitix - World Order After Iran hosted by Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs . Lecture Theatre 1, Hedley Bull Building, 130 Garran Rd, Acton ACT 2601, Australia. Thursday 23rd... 122
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I may start using this to teach correlation not being causation. 010
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 29/06/2026I mean crudely, I think it’s just a massive asymmetry of (perceived) interests. The indicators may well be wrong—not my area—but I dunno how much of the story I’d ask them to tell anyway. 010
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Posted load limits on bridges (in Europe at least). 110
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Very happy to have contributed to this forum, at H-Diplo, on Hendrick Spruyt's The World Imagined networks.h-net.org/group/discus...networks.h-net.orgH-Diplo|Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-45 on Spruyt, _The World Imagined_ | H-NetThe Jervis ForumH-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies ForumRoundtable Review 17-45Hendrik Spruyt, The World Imagined: Collective Beliefs and Political Order in the Sinocentric, Islami... 140
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Yea), looks to be www.instagram.com/p/Cs2VMSBsar...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 110
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Possibly Sophie Matisse en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_...en.wikipedia.orgSophie Matisse - Wikipedia 110
Reposted by Joseph MacKayJoseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026These people need to be shunned and banished from universities. Professor used AI to write an op-ed about *academic integrity* (it has since been retracted by the original publisher) 822765
Reposted by Joseph MacKaykottke.org @kottke.org · 04/06/2026As time passes, efforts to document the Tiananmen Square protests intensify. “History cannot only be written by officials. If you don’t have real information, it’s difficult for you to have independent thought.” [theguardian.com]theguardian.com‘Every year I get new pictures’: the fight to preserve the memory of TiananmenAmid growing censorship at home under the rule of Xi Jinping, efforts to document the massacre of 4 June, 1989, are intensifying abroad 0218
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Very glad to see this, by Saba Joshi and my colleague Maria Tanyag, out in the world. academic.oup.com/isq/article/...academic.oup.comState Hypermasculinity in World PoliticsAbstract. The relationship between escalating global crises and the contemporary rise of populist and authoritarian leaders has been the subject of growing 021
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 21/05/2026It’s been ten years ago for at least three decades. 020
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 19/05/2026A true hero will get up there with a Sharpie and add a comma. 011
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I like a full English, but I’ll give you this: that one egg always looks lonely. 010
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 18/05/2026That’s just it. You’d have to order off (the American) menu to get it right. 100
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This makes a surprisingly strong argument for a full English. 120
Reposted by Joseph MacKayDuncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026OUT NOW! The Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells is now available online academic.oup.com/edited-volum... 47 chapters on Wells and his worlds Hardcopy to follow in Juneacademic.oup.comThe Oxford Handbook of H. G. WellsAbstract. The Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells offers a wide-ranging overview of the life and work of one of the most influential writers of the twentieth ce 28325
Reposted by Joseph MacKayArkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 14/05/2026AS SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAD TO PAY HER OWN WAY THROUGH THE U OF C WITH STUDENT LOANS this is fantastic and has been needed for a long time 216219
Reposted by Joseph MacKayChenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 11/05/2026Just published! My book, Easting the West: Theorizing the Postliberal Conjuncture from China, is now available online for institutional users with subscription to Oxford Scholarship Online! academic.oup.com/book/62722 The print version will come out next month. 711043
Reposted by Joseph MacKayTehila Sasson @tsasson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I've been so busy at work I haven't had the chance to share that my book is now in paperback!! 0286
Reposted by Joseph MacKaySwati Srivastava @swatisrivastava.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Cyber barons, tech overlords, digital empires: Big Tech is associated with rule, but what does this mean? My new article theorizes Platform Rule through a political history of Facebook. I argue for a macro social science in the tradition of Mann, Tilly, and Scott to study tech power. Open access!journals.sagepub.comPlatform rule: Facebook, corporate power, and networked publics 052
Reposted by Joseph MacKayAdam Saxton @asaxton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Excited to announce the publication of my first peer reviewed academic article at EJIR! Co-authored with @carsonaust.bsky.social and available @ejir.bsky.social here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... See a quick summary below!journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 2133
Reposted by Joseph MacKayJan Eijking @janeijking.com · 28/04/2026📚 If you're thinking of pre-ordering my book The Technocratic International - out with OUP next week - here's a discount code! 👇 #HistIR global.oup.com/academic/pro... 195
Reposted by Joseph MacKayInternational Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · 20/04/2026#OpenAccess - Realism, ideology, and exile - cup.org/3OnrUbp "This article reconceptualizes the realist relationship with ideology in terms of a recurring experience of ideological exile" - @lefteleven.bsky.social #FirstView 032
Joseph MacKay @lefteleven.bsky.social · 15/04/2026American Century of Humiliation talk implies some optimistic assumptions about how and when it might come to an end. 030